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01-02-2010 | Letter to the editor

Alaska, multiple sclerosis, and the vitamin D hypothesis

Authors: Trygve Holmøy, Margitta T. Kampman

Published in: Journal of Neurology | Issue 2/2010

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In their recent paper on the relative risk and estimated prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) among Alaskan military veterans, Wallin and coworkers found that migration from coterminous US to Alaska decreases MS risk, and that migration in the opposite direction increases it [8]. They conclude that their findings do not support the vitamin D and sunlight ecological hypothesis of MS [1]. We think this is not necessarily correct. …

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Title: Alaska, multiple sclerosis, and the vitamin D hypothesis
Authors: Trygve Holmøy
Margitta T. Kampman
Publication date: 01-02-2010
Publisher: D. Steinkopff-Verlag
Published in: Journal of Neurology / Issue 2/2010
Print ISSN: 0340-5354
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-009-5360-7

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